Ryan Henderson met just two Black teachers during his years of schooling, including while attending college to earn his bachelor’s degree. The impact, he says, was profound.
“I did not see myself represented as a teacher, and when you don’t see yourself represented as somebody who is with you for hours teaching you, molding your brain, you don’t see yourself doing that,” he says.
Luckily for Henderson, he was blessed to have a strong family to support him, including his father, who played in the Negro League for the Philadelphia Stars and worked as a supervisor at a U.S. Postal Service office.
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